Clover-feed cutter



(No Model.)

' I.l B. COLEMAN.

GLOVER FEED CUTTER.

No. 426,364. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

' jlflznesae s. lava/wr UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAIAII B. COLEMAN, OF ELMIRA, NEV YORK.

CLOVER-FEED CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,364, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed J' une 27, 1889. Serial No. 315 ,700. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ISAIAH B. COLEMAN, of Elmira, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in UloverFeed Cutters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in clover-feed cutters; and it consists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Clover hay cut fine and afterward steamed seems to be an approved feed for domestic fowls, and there is a call for a small cheap cutting-machine for such purpose, and my present invention is designed to supply such want.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures l and 2 are views in perspective showing different working positions of the machine. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section.

A represents a light upright cast metal plate constituting.;` the body and frame-work of the machine, the same having a flange A for attaching the machine to a table, bench, or other support.

B represents the feed-trough, constructed of sheet metal, shaped tol somewhat resemble the section of a funnel cut away obliquely, so as to leave the smaller end a complete circle, such smaller end being anged and secured to the back of plate A, as shown-at l) Z), Fig. 3, the mouth of the feed-trough registering with an annular opening a in plate A.

C is a lever of the bellcrank variety, fulcrumed on stud C', the latter screwing into a threaded hole in member A. The longer or upright arm of this lever terminates in a T- head c, the same constituting the cutter-head, and to which the cutter D is secured by screw d. The heads of these screws are accessible through slot a of plate A, and consequently the cutter is easily removed for sharpening.

Cutter D consists of a thin doubleedged V-shaped bladewsuch as are used on mowingmachines and known as sections--fastened to the cutter-bar. The short or lateral arm of the bell-crank lever is connected by link c with the short arm of hand-lever E, the latter being fulcrumed at E on a stud secured to plate A. w

F is a stop to gage the length of the feed, the stop being rigidly mounted on screw f. The latter engages a threaded hole in boss a? of plate A, and rearward of theboss the screw is provided with a jamnut f. By loosening this jam-nut and rotating stop F on its axis the stop is adjusted to give the desired length of feed, after which, by tightening the jamnut, the stop is rigidly held in position.

In operating the device the operator with one hand feeds the clover along the trough, and with the other hand operates the hand lever up and down to give the limited oscillating movement necessary to the cutter. The cutter and cutter-head are quite thin, the aggregate thickness of these two members being usually only about a quarter of an inch, so that there is plenty of room between stop F and the face of plate A for the passage of the cutter and head. The leverage is such that the cutter is easily operated, and by reason of its cutting in both directions the ca= pacity of the machine is great as compared with its diminutive size. The hub of the bellcrank lever is of considerable length, thus giving a comparatively long bearing on stud C', and by tightening this stud the cut ter is kept close to the face of plate A.

The device is light, simple, and of comparatively small cost, and thus far seems to give entire satisfaction to the chicken nfancier fraternity.

, Vhat I claim is@ l. In a cl0vercutter, the combination, with a laterally-oscillating cutter-head, hand-lever, and link for operating such cutter-head, substantially as indicated, of double-edged cutter mounted on such oscillating head, sub stantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with an upright plate constituting the body of the device, such plate having a lateral flange and a feed-opening, substantially as indicated, of a bell-crank lever and hand-lever respectively pivoted to such upright plate and connected by a link, the one arm of the bell-crank lever bearing a double=edged cutter adapted to oscillate in front of such feed-opening, substantially as set forth,

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3. The combination, with an upright plate having a feed opening therein, a screwthreaded rod passing through the plate above the opening, and 3, stop suspended from said rod in front 0f the opening, of a cutter-head pivotalli7 supported by the upright plate and adapted to osoillate between the plate and stop, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two Witnesses, this 18th 1o (lay of May, 1889.

ISAIAI-I B. COLEMAN.

Witnesses:

HARRY E. DE PUE, F. V. WoLooTT. 

